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Recent Examples of melee More than a dozen people faced criminal charges stemming from a melee after a rally in Soliman’s support; demonstrators and police blame each other for the violence July 17. Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025 Director Fujii Michihito, working alongside Okada, has crafted what promises to be a visual spectacle, particularly evident in the large-scale melee sequence at Tenryuji Temple. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025 That’s when the demo ushered in a wave of gory action involving visceral melee combat and gunplay. Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 During the melee, several punches were thrown. Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for melee
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Noun
  • Four deputies suffered minor injuries while breaking up the brawl, authorities said.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In July, a group of girls got into a brawl near the restaurant's entrance that others recorded and posted on social media.
    Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All these years later, Corigliano’s symphony has outlasted those skirmishes and emerged sounding fresh and exciting and powerful.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Although the Hatfield-McCoy relationship has been fraught since the birth of the medium, streaming and cord-cutting has turned financial skirmishes into an existential contest.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Melee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melee. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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